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- Comment on Ex-Meta exec tells Senate Zuck dangled US citizen data in bid to enter China 2 weeks ago:
“national security”. On Facebook. Okay guys. A better title would be "Zuck offered to completely legally sell their data (yes it’s their’s , read the ToS) to China in a completely legal bid to gain entry into China. It’s not even alleged that he broke any laws.
The real problem is that the US doesn’t have any digital data privacy laws, so ToSs for these services can contain whatever the host wants, and they can do whatever they want with the data. But that will never happen.
- Comment on It's about that time 2 weeks ago:
Those bananas look like they could be alcoholic at this point.
- Comment on Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke tells employees to prove AI can’t do the job before asking for resources. 2 weeks ago:
It still amazes me that all of those investors and endorsers were so dazzled by her sales pitch that nobody bothered to actually get confirmation of any of the technical details. They just believed…that’s it.
- Comment on Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke tells employees to prove AI can’t do the job before asking for resources. 2 weeks ago:
Someone somewhere is already asking whether a CEO’s job can be done by AI.
- Comment on DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse 3 weeks ago:
They’ll have it lobotomized in a few days.
- Comment on DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse 3 weeks ago:
Okay but have you ever tried just throwing genAI at the problem and not caring about the consequences?
- Comment on "Meritocracy" 4 weeks ago:
Had to be a sick ostrich.
- Comment on "Meritocracy" 4 weeks ago:
Trump has no idea what signal is. He basically has no real concept of what this scandal is about.
- Comment on GM blocks dealership from installing Apple CarPlay retrofit kits in EVs 4 weeks ago:
I got the head unit changed in my Subaru . In the Subaru, the systems that the Head Unit controls (entertainment system, backup cam, Sat NAV) are totally separate from critical systems. So everything the head unit controls can fail and the car will still work.
And you’re right, there’s an interface/translation layer . In my case the guy used an iDataLink Maestro. It seems the only thing the iDataLink company does provide interfaces that allow head units to talk to car computers, so that the Head unit manufacturers don’t have to bother.
I’m not sure such separation is common in EVs.
- Comment on "Americans can't coo-" 4 weeks ago:
And older guy said sometimes people would season and bag steaks and keep them submerged in hot tubs in the 80s.
- Comment on Israelis mock Palestinian children in viral TikTok 'prank call' trend 1 month ago:
Hitler Youth vibes.
- Comment on Tesla sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70% 1 month ago:
This is why I wouldn’t put it past them to try to hide the real sales numbers. Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re down 90+ percent and the company is effectively dead already. The board of directors are Elon’s creatures and their personal wealth will depend on keeping the facade (and stock price) up so they aren’t about to cry foul.
- Comment on Low Budget Terminator 1 month ago:
The sausage steering wheel is pure gold.
- Comment on Anyone remember this? 1 month ago:
I’m pretty sure I had that same mouse movement thing happen. That was a deeply buried memory until you mentioned it .
- Comment on The science is divided 1 month ago:
Okay but all monkeys are sharks.
- Comment on Amazon boss Jeff Bezos could face prison over knife sales to children 2 months ago:
Odds are actually less than a meteorite randomly killing him , and those odds are literally astronomical.
- Comment on no words, much feelings 2 months ago:
The real trick is to build these in places where the tap water is naturally cold, and to heat the free stuff.
- Comment on Those YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three months 2 months ago:
They get away with it because they don’t have serious competition and the reason for that is that allowing anyone to upload videos for free, to be viewed by anyone else for free, is by itself not a viable business model.
- Comment on Donald Trump imposes tariffs but Canada and Mexico hit back 2 months ago:
I don’t know why he wouldnt. We did the same thing last time. I think this round will get worse. There won’t be a free trade deal at the end of it, I think that era is gone. I think Canada and Mexico will have to take further measures eventually, moving away from American IP agreements and doing it in such a way that it forms a model for other countries that are hit with US tariffs .
- Comment on A baby boomer tried to show me a positive side to the cost of living crisis. It didn't help 3 months ago:
This is the sort of thing someone says when they have nothing to say but feel like they should say something. Sort of like being 200 words short in a 500 word essay.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 3 months ago:
Others have explained it (places where social interaction is the primary intent - not home and not work) but I’ll add - old European cities (and most smaller towns) have some sort of public square. Many have lasted to this day and are still used. We can still build them, we but our chosen form of urbanization isn’t that conducive to it so we don’t. In North America in the 80 and into the 90s, malls we’re 3rd place. Then they started aggressively going after loitering in malls since simply sitting in a mall doesn’t produce economic activity. Many malls died and many are still dying. Those that survived achieved the - nobody goes there to chill anymore. Just to buy what they need, maybe eat, and then leave. Nobody plans to “meet at the mall” anymore.
- Comment on DOOM® CAPTCHA 3 months ago:
The hit boxes appear to be huge. I got it just by turning and shooting from the starting position.
Fun, but a relatively simple script could likely be developed to solve these.
- Comment on This is in a small convenience store where you can buy food things and heat them up while in the store 3 months ago:
Does that even work?
- Comment on Equal under the law or something 3 months ago:
The fact that PR might play into whether a specific attack is terrorism or not undermines the whole concept.
- Comment on This is in a small convenience store where you can buy food things and heat them up while in the store 3 months ago:
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- Comment on Dentist the Menace 5 months ago:
A concept doesn’t become acceptable just because the French have a term for it. Usually that’s a red flag.
- Comment on Pakistani religious body declares using VPN is against Islamic law 5 months ago:
One day your Internet search history is going to traumatize a police officer.
- Comment on Journalist asking the hard questions 5 months ago:
Is commander in chief an active military position?
I think it’s specifically not a military position. The president being a civilian is how in theory the military must operate under civilian control.
- Comment on A Netflix exclusive 5 months ago:
I didn’t watch the whole thing but Paul’s shots didn’t even seem like they had any power behind them. He won on points obviously because Tyson was drained but it felt like even old man Tyson could have just stood there and tanked those weak-ass punches.
Disclaimer: all I know about boxing I learned from Rocky movies.
- Comment on The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ 5 months ago:
I home they own Jones’ likeness to the point where they can give DJs the rights to remix his shouts into something of value.